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Otolaryngology

Gershon J. Spector, MD

Current Position
Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Specialty Areas
Head and Neck Surgery
Thyroid Cancer
Endocrine Surgery
Head and Neck Oncology

Patients Seen At
Ear, Nose and Throat Center
Center for Advanced Medicine
4921 Parkview Place, A, 11
St. Louis, MO  63110
314-362-7509
Fax:   314-747-9744
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Mailing Address
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology
660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8115
St. Louis, MO  63110

Academic Office
9910 McMillan Building
St. Louis, MO  63110
Areas of Clinical Interest
Head and neck tumors including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, skull base and facial nerve problems; thyroid, parotid, temporal bone, glomus or ear tumors; laryngeal stenosis, throat cancer, throat surgery, laryngeal-tracheal reconstruction, conservation surgery of the larynx, melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma.
Board Certification
Otolaryngology -- Certified

Medical Education
Clerkship: Clinical Surgery Hadassah Hospital Hadassah Medical Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1963
Fellowship: Histochmeistry, Pathology, Sinai Hosp., Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964
Medical Degree: University Of Maryland, 1964
Residency: Surgery, Beth Israel Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965
Residency: Surgery, Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, 1966
Residency: Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 1969
Residency: Otolaryngology, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969
Fellowship: Otolaryngology, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1969
Fellowship: Microsurgery of the Temporal Bone, Los Angeles Foundation of Otology, Los Angeles, California, 1973
Hospital Affiliations
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis VA Medical Center


Honors and Awards
Listed in Best Doctors in America, 2003 (Best Doctors, Inc)

Who's Who in the 21st Century, 2001

Best Doctors in America, 1982-present

Who's Who in America, 1979-present

Teacher of the Year, 1999, 1979

Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Medical Faculty Medal, 1994

Research and Scientific Division, Magazine Publishing, First Prize, Laryngoscope, 1989

Edmund Prince Fowler, 1974

AAO Honor Award, 1979

Alpha Omega Alpha, 1963

Psi Chi, 1959

Selected or Recent Journal Articles
Spector GJ, Sessions DG, Lenox J, Newland D, Simpson J, Haughey BH. Management of stage IV glottic carcinoma: therapeutic outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2004 Aug.

Blanco AI, Chao KS, Ozyigit G, Adli M, Thorstad WL, Simpson JR, Spector GJ, Haughey B, Perez CA. Carcinoma of paranasal sinuses: long-term outcomes with radiotherapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 May 1.

Chao KS, Ozyigit G, Blanco AI, Thorstad WL, Deasy JO, Haughey BH, Spector GJ, Sessions DG. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: impact of tumor volume. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 May 1.

Sessions DG, Lenox J, Spector GJ, Chao C, Chaudry OA. Analysis of treatment results for base of tongue cancer. Laryngoscope. 2003 Jul.

Sessions DG, Lenox J, Spector GJ, Newland D, Simpson J, Haughey BH, Chao KS. Management of T3N0M0 glottic carcinoma: therapeutic outcomes. Laryngoscope. 2002 Jul.

Sessions DG, Spector GJ, Lenox J, Haughey B, Chao C, Marks J. Analysis of treatment results for oral tongue cancer. Laryngoscope. 2002 Apr.

Chao KS, Majhail N, Huang CJ, Simpson JR, Perez CA, Haughey B, Spector G. Intensity-modulated radiation therapy reduces late salivary toxicity without compromising tumor control in patients with oropharyngeal carcinoma: a comparison with conventional techniques. Radiother Oncol. 2001 Dec.

Huang CJ, Chao KS, Tsai J, Simpson JR, Haughey B, Spector GJ, Sessions DG. Cancer of retromolar trigone: long-term radiation therapy outcome. Head Neck. 2001 Sep.

Chao KS, Kaplan C, Simpson JR, Haughey B, Spector GJ, Sessions DG, Arquette M. Esthesioneuroblastoma: the impact of treatment modality. Head Neck. 2001 Sep.

Haughey BH, Wilson E, Kluwe L, Piccirillo J, Fredrickson J, Sessions D, Spector G. Free flap reconstruction of the head and neck: analysis of 241 cases. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001 Jul.

Spector GJ. Distant metastases from laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2001 Jul-Aug.

Sessions DG, Spector GJ, Lenox J, Parriott S, Haughey B, Chao C, Marks J, Perez C. Analysis of treatment results for floor-of-mouth cancer. Laryngoscope. 2000 Oct.

Hanson JM, Spector G, El-Mofty SK. Laryngeal blastomycosis: a commonly missed diagnosis. Report of two cases and review of the literature. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2000 Mar.

Chao KS, Emami B, Akhileswaran R, Simpson J, Spector G, Sessions D. The impact of surgical margin status and use of an interstitial implant on T1, T2 oral tongue cancers after surgery. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1996 Dec 1.

Perez CA, Carmichael T, Devineni VR, Simpson JR, Frederickson J, Sessions D, Spector G, Fineberg B. Carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa: a nonrandomized comparison of irradiation alone or combined with surgery: long-term results. Head Neck. 1991 Jul-Aug.

For more articles and abstracts, take this off-site link to the National Library of Medicine Pub Med page for Dr. Gershon J. Spector
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